17th November 2008 Vol 4 Issue 43   
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The virtual traveller can now see every building as it stood in Rome in 320 AD. In reality, just 300 buildings of classical Rome have survived, in most cases in ruins. Rome 320 AD. was at its moment of greatest splendour as far as its architecture is concerned. If you went back to periods of more historical interest, like Julius Caesar's, you would not have the Colosseum...

India is poised to become totally self-reliant in the software component of the Geospatial industry which accounted for nearly Rs 950 million in 2006-07, with much of it going to foreign players like ESRI, AutoDesk, Bentley Systems, Leica Geosystems, InterGraph and PCI Geomatics.
  Articles
Intelligent GIS

Wg Cdr (Retd) Ashok K Jha
Chief Technology Officer
Speck Systems Limited

Past decade has seen the convergence of imaging and geospatial communities...

LRIMS for better administration

Dr Aruna Saxena, Akanksha Patil
Center for Remote Sensing & GIS MANIT Bhopal

Planners of the 21st century are handicapped today...
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  Travel back to Ancient Rome with Google Earth

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   New Products, Launches and Releases
Topcons new rugged FC-2500 controller fast, powerful
Signed, Sealed and Delivered: ERDAS Software 2009
Bentley Announces V8i Software Portfolio for Infrastructure Professionals
Topcon X-TRAC 7 technology advances robotic system performance
Autodesk extends Geospatial Technologies’ Feature Set
   Editorial
 
No editorial this week. I'm off for field work . Will be back next week.

 Dr. Hrishikesh Samant
hrishikesh@gisdevelopment.net
    Global Headlines
Asia
Survey of India and Tele Atlas Kalyani India Announce Strategic Agreement for Public Distribution of India Maps
SLAs LandNet bags 2 international GIS awards
Kathmandu Metropolitan City to Start Digital Mapping from This Fiscal Year
EROS satellites wind up 2008 imaging season
More funds for unlocking mineral wealth in China
Itogon, Philippines, okays GIS-based geo-hazard assessment
New Approach In Tsunami-early Warning System
GIS-based mapping ready to start soon in Mumbai
Nature Without Borders Ecological Forum - space data to improve nature management efficiency
OGCs DTRIP kicks off with overwhelming response by Indian Geospatial Industry
Karnataka, India Deliberating GIS Policy Framework
Ukraine, Indonesia Sign Space Cooperation Deal
Bangalore Municpality preparing database of properties using GIS
Now, tiger conservation to go hi-tech in India
ISRO develops new Radar Imaging Satellite
Middle East
Bahrain launches GO GREEN drive
Australia and Oceania
Australias mineral resources maintain world status
Americas
EMA Inc. Selects geoXMFs XMF Alerter for Providence Water Enterprise GIS Implementation
TerraColor Satellite Imagery listed on WeoGeo Market
Southwest Florida Water Management District Signs Enterprise License Agreement with ESRI
LandVoyage REIS Application Goes Live Using BSI’s National Parcel Layer from PlaceBase’s Pushpin Platform
Google search engine flags flu activity in U.S.
ESRI and Xplore Technologies Announce Mobile Government Grant Winners
Marshall Completes Washington State Department of Natural Resources Geology Portal Upgrade Project
Texas’ Robertson County Appraisal District Selects Sidwell for GIS Data Conversion
Active Imaging Systems (AIS) Announces Price Drop on 3D Street Imaging Products Conversion
Europe
NHS organisations chart course for "best-value" mapping
Charity puts relief work on the map
Barcelona, Spain Emergency Management Center to Deploy Intergraph Emergency Incident Response, Planning and Reporting Solution
Ancient Rome goes online with Google Earth
Implementation Phase for National Earth Observation Mission EnMAP Starts
NATO to fund study into earthquake risk
Blue Marble Introduces the Blue Marble Desktop's INSPIRE Capabilities to Europe
CARIS Bathymetric Data Management for Port of Tyne
Appointments, Acquisitions and Contracts
David Arctur Joins OGC as Director - Interoperability Programs
Education, Training and Events
Program Available for Geospatial Infrastructure Solutions Conference 2009
GIS Professionals Pack Intergraph Eastern European User Conferences
The OGC(R) Announces Successful OWS-6 TestbedKick-off Event
CHRIS satellite imager celebrates 7 years’ scientific success,
  Events
Autodesk Geospatial DevCon 2008
Intercontinental Eros Hotel, Delhi
November 19, 2009

Geomatics Atlantic 2008 - "Discovering the Way to a Sustainable Future".

Trade and Convention Centre , Saint John New Brunswick , Canada
19 - 20 November 2008

5th International Symposium on LBS & TeleCartography
Residenz Salzburg , Salzburg , Austria
26 - 28 November 2008
    Blog Buster
Using GIS for Transboundary Water Disputes
GIS are proving to be helpful when it comes to resolving disputes between nations over water territories

Autodesk announces second Digital City pilot
Autodesk is working with the Incheon Free Economic Zone and the Incheon Urban Development Corporation to cooperate in the creation of Asia's first Digital City for Incheon, Korea
    Off Beat
Flash of inspiration over work on castle chimneys
A SURVEYING company known for its innovative photography methods has combined Victorian techniques with high technology for its latest project

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